Heavy Snow, P Sw San Bernardino
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM PST to 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- P Sw San Bernardino forecast zone
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in California, January 1, 2000
The first significant snow fall of the winter season stranded hundreds of visitors who had gone to the mountains to celebrate New Years Day. Highway 18 was closed between Rimforest and the Heaps Peak Arboretum.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
The first significant snow fall of the winter season stranded hundreds of visitors who had gone to the mountains to celebrate New Years Day. Highway 18 was closed between Rimforest and the Heaps Peak Arboretum. Six inches of snow was observed at the 5000 feet elevation.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, P W Riverside
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- P W Riverside forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Utah, January 1 to 3, 2000
- Drought in New Mexico, January 1 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 1 to 2, 2000
- Drought in Hawaii, January 1 to 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 1, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 1 to 2, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, January 1, 2000
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 1 to 2, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, January 1, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 1 to 2, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 1 to 2, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 1 to 3, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5127186, 5127187.